OASIS 20X20

The project focuses on this 20m wide space between office blocks, the intention is to design a lush garden atrium that allows the public and office workers to be able to experience wining and dining in the nature.

Tapping onto the three existing cores between the office towers, the girdle structure is raised from the existing structural system below and the garden is designed around the organizational principle of the girdle 20mx20m grid.

A mixture of hawker food, food kiosks, restaurants are injected throughout the garden at various levels. They occupy the two sides of the girdle structure so that there will be a 6m gap in the middle for light to penetrate the garden, this gap also allows the users to look down at the gardens above and below them. Sitting areas are distributed around the structure to support the food kiosks; users buy their food from the various kiosks and can travel to any dining areas in the garden. The intention is to offer almost a treehouse dining experience where users are surrounded by greeneries and be able to enjoy a meal in the comfort of nature. The garden also connects the four office blocks and this allows many opportunities for the office users to enter the garden during work to take a short break.

At the center of the garden, there will be an open bar. The bar has four modules spiraling around a central core and they all slots into the nine 6x6m spaces within the 20x20m girdle. Each module contains an open bar and performance stage one level one, a karaoke room on level two and a games room leading to a small green space on level three. These four modules are distributed evenly around the middle core in a stepped fashion so that every level of the garden is able to access the different functions on the same floor.

Lastly, the entire garden is naturally ventilated. Automatic sliding glass panels are used on the roof to guard against wet weathers, and they slides fully open during dry weathers to allow maximum light penetration into the garden.

TYPOLOGY: Mixed-use

PROGRAM: Commercial, landscape

LOCATION: Jurong East, Singapore

YEAR: 2017

STATUS: Concept